Speech & Hearing Forum

CASL

KBB — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:06:37 GMT

I was wondering if anyone could give me their opinions on the CASL? I have been using the CELF and TOLD and am looking to add another assessment to evaluate oral language in school-aged children. Thank you!

preschool assessment

Jean Gunn — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:32:16 GMT

I am looking for an appropriate child-friendly assessment for kids ages 2 years 10 months through 3 years 6 months besides the PLS 5. Any ideas?

Help!! Banned from playing games in therapy.

Dolly Kluesner — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:07:55 GMT

Due to a few teachers/parents' concerns, I am no longer allowed to play games in therapy unless I can provide the research to support the use of games in the therapy setting.

Any suggestions on research, data, anything that I can use to convince the school board that playing games is part of speech and language development and therapy.

Thank you for any input.

Dolly

SLP-A Job in Houston

Cindy Cummings — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:48:58 GMT

*CCC-SLP seeking to supervise dependable and professional licensed SLPA's to assist with pediatric home health children

*Great Pay

* Prn position

*SLPA's will be given the opportunity to set your own schedule, in your desired location and light paperwork (a therapy note)

*This is a wonderful opportunity to earn extra money with low stress

*SLPA's paid weekly per visit compensation

*Slpa's are required to make a minimum of 10 vists per week, Slpa’s can request more or less visits depending on your schedule

*Highly competitive rate

I would love to speak with you more! If you or other SLPA's are interested in this wonderful opportunity or would like to ask more questions regarding this position, please feel free to contact Cindy at 817.266.1958 or email speechclear@yahoo.com.

Book Recommendations

Stacey Miller — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:40:54 GMT

On our sister publication, ADVANCE for Hearing Practice Management, blogger Dusty Richards writes about the benefits of sharing books with colleagues to grow in your profession.

Are there are any books you have recommended to colleagues? Ones that have helped elevate your speech therapy with clients or just inspired you personally?

Share below!

Private therapy for stuttering in Massachusetts

Patrick Griffin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:18:48 GMT

Hello all,

My name is Patrick Griffin M.S., CCC/SLP and I am a person who stutters who treats children/adults who stutter in the central Massachusetts area. For SLPs in Massachusetts who work with people who stutter who could benefit from additional services, please have a look at my website for Griffin Stuttering Therapy (the web address is located in my signature) for more information.

Thank you for your consideration! I look forward to speaking with all of you!

Patrick

How much would a Tummy Tuck cost in Miami?

Areyanna Browm — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:50:16 GMT

Hi,

After having 3 amazing children it has taken its toll on my tummy and dieting will not get rid of it. I can’t exercise as I have had a back operation which didn't go to well and I am now disabled. I would love to get a tummy tuck, have any of you had one and roughly how much would it cost?

Thanks

tramatic brain injury

Karen Drucker — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:25:05 GMT

Good afternoon SLP's. I am one- an SLP, and last year suffered a concussion with extreme and lasting post-concussive syndrome symptoms. We as professionals must look at concussion as a viable and considered disorder with

This complication is characterized as a closed head injury.

All my years of training in aphasia and stroke and visual/auditory processing evoked symptoms in both of these areas for me as an adult- with noted apraxia and memory deficits.. Vestibular complications prevailed for several months as well as did a reading disability.

Convergence insufficiency, an ocular-motor teaming problem occurred and was diagnosed and must be recognized as apossible dagnosis for lour children and adults....

I am reaching out to all SLP's throughout the globe to search, consider, and assess visual disturbance issues as a known etiology and prevailing possible disorder to considered as part of non-verbal-learning disabilities.

Please respond....this is a serious dis-order and effects children with symptoms reflecting ADHD andLD.

I am now passionate about spreading the word to educators globally.

Thanks

Karen Drucker

What should I charge for my lawn mowing service?

tech reo — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:51:16 GMT

Hi,

Everyone

Over the summer, I'm going to be mowing lawns at my grandmother's complex for some extra money. Everyone there lives in trailers, so the lawns aren't really that big, but they do vary slightly. What should I charge for my lawn mowing service and what are some details that I should be sure to include in the flyer I'm going to make?

How does the Arizona-3 compare to other articulation tests?

Rachel Smith — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:41:25 GMT

I'm hoping to hear from professionals in the field who have used the Arizona-3 before, as well as other articulation tests. How does it compare to the other tests in your opinion?

Pronoun difficulties: New study about brain processing in children with Autism

Tricia Coleman — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:57:22 GMT

Hello,

Based on the following exerpt from a recent article...

"The communication network of the brain is its white matter, which consists of myelinated axons that carry information between different regions. An emerging view is that the white matter is compromised in autism, specifically in the frontal-posterior tracts.

A groundbreaking 2009 study by Dr. Just and colleagues showed for the first time that compromised white matter in children with reading difficulties could be repaired with extensive behavioral therapy. The imaging study showed that the brain locations that had been abnormal prior to remedial training improved to normal levels afterwards. Reading performance also improved by an amount that corresponded to the amount of white matter change. Ongoing research at CCBI is assessing the white matter in detail, measuring its integrity and topology and trying to pinpoint the difference in the brain network of people with autism.

"This new understanding of what causes pronoun confusion in autism helps make sense of the larger problems of autism as well as the idiosyncrasies," "Dr. Just said. "Moreover, it points to new types of therapies that may help rehab the white matter in autism." "

...does anyone know of any specific techniques to work on pronoun use in children with Autism? What are the therapy implications for this article?

Thank you,

Tricia Coleman, M.S. SLP-CFY

posterior fossa sndrome

Dorit Mais — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:18:06 GMT

does anyone have information or resources about treating cerebral mutism in children following removal of posterior fossa tumor?

MLU

Wendi Martinez — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:56:28 GMT

When collecting a language sample to calculate a child's MLU, do you include and calculate echolalic utterances in the sample? I work with a child who will respond to a teacher directed question/comment and then will spontaneously recite what she heard on the morning announcements earlier that day.

esophageal diverticulitis

Harriet Russell — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:52:58 GMT

Can anyone help me find information about treating (from an spl point of view) Zanker's or esophageal diverticulitis?

Thanks

Harriet Russell

harriet16@gmail.com

Working with Third Party Services in the Schools

A_Banotai — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:40:05 GMT

Share your thoughts about our latest Clinicians in the Classroom feature in which David Perrodin, MSE, MS, CCC-SLP, discusses working with third party services in the schools. The article is available online in two parts. Part 1. Part 2.

Perrodin writes:

In public education everyone wants to feel they have contributed. The educational plan for a child with a disability is often a group project involving teachers and school specialists, parents and outside providers. Everyone is either assigned a section or allowed to cut their own slice, with all sections amalgamated at the end. Nevertheless, don't confuse collaboration and compromise. Collaboration with outside agencies needs to be managed with effective leadership, shared principles, common goals, policies, regulations and rules. It's not about throwing all the balls in the air and accepting where they fall.

School-based clinicinas, what are your thoughts on the points in Perrodin's article? What are some of the ways you work to address the issues he raises in your district?

Cleft Assessment and Treatment

A_Banotai — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:46:18 GMT

Cleft has been a popular topic on the ADVANCE site lately: our Feb. 7 cover story discussed cleft assessment and EI blogger Stephanie Bruno Dowling has sought reader input on treating a colleague's cleft palate case.

What are the assessment and treatment strategies you have found to be most successful with this patient population?

Pt had stroke in 1960 and received no speech services

Sharon Smith — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:19:32 GMT

I am seeing a woman in her early 70's who had a stroke in 1960 - raised 4 children while in a wheelchair - quite independent - husband recently broke his leg and now children are asking for home health to offer any service possible for his wife....speech is very difficult to understand, drools, poor lip seal when swallowing, weak oral motor skills - one side of mouth is paralyzed - I have recommended a MBS to see about swallowing ability - she has residue on tongue,etc - gulps water and loses it out of the side of her mouth. However, this lady is bright and very interested in attempting to better her articulation and swallowing ability....is it too late? I really need some advice

SLP Training Online?

Kimberly Garcia — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:41:21 GMT

Does anyone know of any SLP training courses offered online only?

Worthwhile Workshops

Dlk06 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:00:31 GMT

Any suggestions about *great* professional development workshops?? I am interested in Autism or Preschool-Early intervention workshops.

Thanks!!

A somewhat scientific question- how hearing works inside the brain

Jonathan Mayberry — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:35:48 GMT

How is it that people are capable of "hearing" sounds in their own mind without having any physical stimulation to the ears? I am wondering because I am a pianist with many years of experience, and as such I find that I can sort of hum a song to myself, without actually humming physically with my mouth- it's just in my head.

Last night, something that I found really amazing happened while I was half-asleep: as I was sleeping on my left side, I began to consciously become aware that inside my mind, I was hearing an incredible symphony, which I guess was a product of a dream I had been having. The symphony consisted of several different instruments and rich vocalizations that could only be described as Heavenly-sounding. While this was occurring, I felt a peculiar sensation in the upper right side of my head, as if some nerves in my brain having to do with sound were firing with everything they had, and it seemed as though the sound of the symphony was resonating throughout my entire body. The experience was really awesome, and it lasted at least a whole minute.

Could anyone offer an explanation of how something like this happened for me?

I appreciate your expertise.

-Jon

Research Development

Sarah Riney — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:43:46 GMT

Hello, I am reaching out because myself and my two brothers were born with severe hearing loss and have been using hearing aids our whole lives. We have never been able to get to the root of why we were born with a hearing loss as there are no traits of hearing loss on either side of our families and all three of us were born with it. I am now 24 and my brothers 27, and 28. We were very fortunate to have been given great training with the Lexington School for the Deaf and speech therapy up until the 12th grade. However now that I am older, I find it hard to find information on the development of hearing research and if there are really any major breakthroughs out there that might solve where this hearing loss has come from or possibly "cure" it. We were told its nerve damage but I believe the case of my brothers and myself is very unique and am looking to see if there are any current or future advances that we should know about. If anyone has any insight I would love to hear it! -Sarah

accessing augmentive communication services for adult with Friedreich's Ataxia

Mary Rees — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:49:58 GMT

Has anyone found a funding source for multidisciplinary evaluation for adults with decreased UE function and decreased vision as well as unintelligible speech? I have a gentleman I would like to put on caseload who is <10% intelligible and cognitively intact. He can no longer access his Dynavox.

statistical significance?

Anne Gallagher — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:33:52 GMT

ATTN: SLP... If a student's receptive and expressive language index scores fall within the above average range, would one consider the difference statistically significant? Would one consider supplementary testing? There is a difference of opinion amongst clinicians in our office. Any input?

Considering a Career as a SLP...

Ashley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:58:51 GMT

I've been trying to decide what I want to do with my life since I graduated from undergrad 2 years ago. I just recently took notice of SLP and it seems like it's a good fit for my interests (the biology of language/communication) and things I'm looking for in a career (travel flexibility & satisfaction of having a direct hand in helping others).

At this point I think I'd like to talk to someone by phone or even meet them during 'office' hours to see what a typical day is like. Could anyone point me in the direction of someone who would be willing to speak to me in the DC/Bethesda area?

Thanks!

GRAD SCHOOL DECISION DILEMMA! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

Katherine Lyle — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:30:14 GMT

I have two days to decide where I should go to continue my grad studies. I'm a New Yorker deciding between SUNY Geneseo and UB for a Masters Program. I did my undergrad at Geneseo and had a positive experience, but am looking to meet people and make friends. I also want a program that will prepare me well for a career working in the EI and preschool population. I know both are reputable, but I'm totally torn! Any and all feedback is much appreciated!

Speech & Hearing Forum

CASL

preschool assessment

Help!! Banned from playing games in therapy.

**SLP-A Job in Houston**

Book Recommendations

Private therapy for stuttering in Massachusetts

How much would a Tummy Tuck cost in Miami?

tramatic brain injury

What should I charge for my lawn mowing service?

How does the Arizona-3 compare to other articulation tests?

Pronoun difficulties: New study about brain processing in children with Autism

posterior fossa sndrome

MLU

esophageal diverticulitis

Working with Third Party Services in the Schools

Cleft Assessment and Treatment

Pt had stroke in 1960 and received no speech services

SLP Training Online?

Worthwhile Workshops

A *somewhat* scientific question- how hearing works inside the brain

Research Development

accessing augmentive communication services for adult with Friedreich's Ataxia

statistical significance?

Considering a Career as a SLP...

GRAD SCHOOL DECISION DILEMMA! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

SLP-A Job in Houston

A somewhat scientific question- how hearing works inside the brain